French, Occitan, Catalan, and English: from the medieval
personal name Morel, a diminutive vernacular form of Latin
Maurus (see Moore 3), with the hypocoristic suffix
-el. Compare Morrell.German: from the personal name
and saint’s name Maurelius.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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